Boating

Boating, canoeing, and kayaking are popular recreational activities in Illinois and Carroll County is no exception! Extensive waterway systems and exciting boating opportunities can be found here. A leisurely cruise through our many backwater areas or a tour down the mighty Mississippi River is an excellent way to experience, enjoy, and explore our charming river valley communities.

Boat & Canoe Launches

Frog Pond is a small recreational area situated along Plum River. Located just south of Savanna, IL and immediately off Route 84, one of its big features is a wheel chair accessible fishing platform. Not only good for fishing, but an excellent place to view floodplain forest birds during spring and fall migration. Birding, canoeing, fishing, and picnicking.

This marina is owned and operated by the Savanna Park District and is open to the public. It offers dry docking, slip rentals, launching, overnight boat tie-ups, pump out, annual campsites, and winter storage, concessions, restrooms, showers, and bait. Open May – October.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Thomson Causeway Recreation AreaLewis Avenue and Main StreetThomson, Illinois 61285815-259-2353

At 64 acres, Thomson Causeway is the largest Army Corps of Engineers recreation area on the Mississippi River. Located at a wide spot on the river, it offers unobstructed views of the more than three mile wide main channel and of Potters Marsh. On the Great River Trail. Biking, birding, boat launches, camping, canoeing, fishing, hiking.